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Tourists to Malaysia Increased by 7.6%

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:47:54 +0000

Year 2009 was not a good year for tourism industry globally. However, according to Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, the number of visitors to Malaysia from January to 15 November 2009 has reached 21.5 millions. In other words, there is a 7.6% increment compared to year 2008.

Malaysia has been expecting 19 millions of tourists in year 2009. We have not only accomplished the goal but also exceeded by 2.5 millions of visitors despite the economy crisis.

Monsoon Cup 2009

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:42:23 +0000

The Monsoon Cup 2005 celebrated its inauguration and debut as the 50th official event of the Swedish Match Tour (http://www.swedishmatchtour.com/), and serves as the Malaysian leg for the prestigious international sailing event. Dubbed ‘The Formula One of Sailing’, this professional sailing series was formed in 2000 to unite the world’s best match-race regattas under one banner.

The World Match Racing Tour comprises ten events in ten specially selected locations around the world. As the leading professional sailing series in the world, the Tour events are recognized as must-attend regattas on the match-race circuit. The Monsoon Cup for the 2009 offered the second highest prize money in the world (RM1 million) for a match racing event.

The Monsoon Cup 2009 was held at Pulau Duyong, Terengganu, from the 9th November 2009 to 6th December 2009 start with Asian Qualifier and then Malaysian Qualifier.

The Monsoon Cup is the tenth and final event on the World Match Racing Tour 2009. Twelve of the best match racing teams met on the waters off Terengganu in Malaysia from 1 to 6 December 2009 to contest the event. Once again the battle for the championship trophy will see the top sailing teams in the world pitting their skills against each other in the last leg of the tour.

Source: Wikipedia

Nikolay Davydenko, Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur 2009 Champion

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:33:52 +0000

Nikolay Davydenko from Russia has defeated Fernando Verdasco from Spain at here yesterday to win the 1st Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur tournament. The winner won the final in straight sets with a 6-4, 7-5 results. After winning the Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur final, Nikolay Davydenko holds a 6-1 head-to-head record over the tournament second seeded Fernando Verdasco.

Click here to find out the tournament full results.

Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:41:20 +0000

Malaysian tennis fans, good news! The biggest Malaysia tennis event this year is coming. Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 – an official ATP World Tour 250 tournament and one of only five in Continental Asia will be held from 26 September 2009 to 4 October 2009.

The star players who participate in the tournament including Fernando Verdasco, Fernando Gonzalez, Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Soderling, Gael Monfils, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Lleyton Hewitt.

The nine days event will be held at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The ticket price varies from RM11 to RM198. However, the entrance for first two days Single Qualifying is free of charge.

For more details and ticket buying, visit Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 official website.

Malaysia Cuisine Festival

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:02:48 +0000

While attending the 57 anniversary of The Selangor and Federal Territory Restaurant Keepers’ Association, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said government will held a Malaysia Cuisine Festival by end of year 2009. Tourists from all over the world are given opportunity to taste our local cuisine during the event. Besides, the event also expects the participation of chefs from foreign countries.

Carnival Sales 2009

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:47:05 +0000

Lets shopping!

Carnival Sales 2009 has started last weekend (4 July), and will be ended by 31 August 2009. The 58 days event is targeted to occupy 30% of the tourist total spend during the sales period.

Facelift for 4000 Home Stay in Malaysia

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:38:39 +0000

Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said government will take action to upgrade the existing 4000 home stay in Malaysia in order to attract more foreign tourists. She also added, government does not encourage setup of new home stay for the time being.

The ministry will first emphasis on the hygiene issue. Report shows that there are still room for improvement for the home stay hygiene. Also, Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism proposes to launch Railway Home Stay in Kelantan. Under the program, tourists are given opportunity to spend their holidays at the home stay nearby railway station.

Free WiFi at Teluk Cempedak

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:24:13 +0000

Pahang state’s Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism will provide free WiFi at Teluk Cempedak for a duration of 1 year. It is part of the state’s government plan to develop Teluk Cempedak in order to attract more tourists. The free service is expected to bring convenience to tourists for surfing and work purposes. Free WiFi service is expected to be ready in 1 month time, and tourist to Teluk Cempedak can expect for the free service by mid of July 2009.

Penang Postcard Photography Contest

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:58:35 +0000

Grab the opportunity to win prizes worth more than RM10,000 now by entering the ‘Penang Postcard Photography Contest’!

Penang government together with KDU Penang are organizing a postcard photography contest in conjunction with the first anniversary of Georgetown being awarded as a World Heritage Site. The contest is open for public and contestants are required to send in their photo before 31 August 2009.

The theme for the contest would be Penang itself. It could be the state’s culture, heritage, landscape, food and people. The winning photos will be printed into postcard and distributes to tourists. The action is aimed to introduce Penang to more people all over the world.

All contestants will be given a participation certificate and the prizes for top three winners are RM2000, RM1500 and RM1000 respectively. Besides, there are also two consolation prizes worth RM200 to be won.

For more details, you can visit http://www.visitpenang.gov.my, http://www.kdupg.edu.my or call 04-2266368 （ext 154）.

Do you speak French?

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:42:28 +0000

If you speak French and interested in becoming a Malaysia tour guide, grab the opportunity now.

For the first time, Ministry of Tourism Malaysia (MOT) has loosen the requirement for a French spoken tour guide. Applicants can be a non-professional (without license) and even a non-Malaysia citizen. For those who are interested, you may contact MOT directly.

Currently, Malaysia is lack of French tour guide. So far, there is only 38 registered French tour guides in Malaysia. As the government is targeting 100,000 France visitors this year, the above plan has to be taken to overcome the shortage of French tour guide.